"I think size and significance is a fair statement."
"the notion that the status quo is something that end-users, real end-users like dairy farmers can count on in terms of having any kind of predictability or confidence in their own costs looking out on..."
"What I am hearing at home is, what is taking so long in terms of trying to stabilize a market that again people just have absolutely no confidence in right now and it is just killing them with real co..."
"the fact is, as I am sure you know, G20 conferences, governments now are talking about trying to sort of harmonize regulation in this, and at some point, somebody has to move here in terms of trying t..."
"Well, it is kind of a sad message to have to take back to real end-users who basically are looking to us to try and get some rationality in terms of these markets."
"I think there were areas of military compensation, for example, where we said, 'Listen, we are a Nation at war...'"
"So I will go on record as saying we need more revenue."
"When you look at the title of this hearing, The View from Main Street, I want to thank you first of all on page three of your testimony that you are reminding the Committee that when we talk about Mai..."
"At that point it was about $115 a barrel. He said under oath in front of the Senate Committee that it should be $60-$70 a barrel. And he went on to say that it was speculation that is engineered by th..."
"That is what my public from Main Street is looking for from Washington, is trying to get some sanity in these prices."
"Well, again, that effort in my opinion is critical for this recovery."
"When you go to Main Street and you see the challenges that people are facing to survive these days in terms of basic commodities like food and fuel, and they just don't have any confidence in markets ..."